Join public radio’s Ira Flatow, host of “Science Friday,” and Jay Famiglietti, senior water scientist for NASA, for an on-stage conversation 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at Booth Playhouse about America’s water crisis and the outlook for the Carolinas.

Some North Carolina utilities are desperate for more water. Others don’t know where their treated water goes, wasting revenues – and a public resource – because of inaccurate meters, leaky pipes and shaky data.